while Bellocchio organises the non-linear material with customary aplomb, his psychological insights are as unconvincing as the old-age make-up worn by Guido Caprino as Mastrandrea's detached father
these are warmly photographed and charmingly wistful. But the majority of the film is spent in the company of grown-up Marco, an empty shell of a leading man who flat-out refuses to cheer up
a long and uninterestingly edited muddle of memories and flashbacks that contains a few intriguing moments and frustratingly tiny cameos from great performers
